Bill Text: IL HR0148 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares April 2019 as "Sarcoidosis Awareness Month" in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-02 - Resolution Adopted [HR0148 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0148-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease most | ||||||
| 3 | commonly affecting people of all ages
and races worldwide; | ||||||
| 4 | studies have shown that sarcoidosis affects young adults of | ||||||
| 5 | both sexes, with
more cases in females; the disease occurs at a | ||||||
| 6 | higher rate among African Americans and people of
European | ||||||
| 7 | descent; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Many people with sarcoidosis experience | ||||||
| 9 | nonspecific symptoms of fever, fatigue,
weight loss, night | ||||||
| 10 | sweats, and an overall feeling of malaise; these symptoms most | ||||||
| 11 | often result in the
disease going untreated; the disease most | ||||||
| 12 | commonly targets the lungs and lymph nodes but may
occur in the | ||||||
| 13 | eyes, skin, or any other area of the body; it causes the immune | ||||||
| 14 | system to attack the
body's own tissues; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Although prevalence rates for sarcoidosis can | ||||||
| 16 | only be estimated, the estimated prevalence rates in the United | ||||||
| 17 | States range from
one to 40 per 100,000 people; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, While progress has been made in understanding | ||||||
| 19 | sarcoidosis, the cause is
unknown, and it is likely that there | ||||||
| 20 | may be more than one cause; there is currently no cure for | ||||||
| 21 | sarcoidosis; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Through increased research and improving | ||||||
| 2 | treatments, finding a cure for this disease may be possible; | ||||||
| 3 | therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 5 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 6 | we declare April 2019 as "Sarcoidosis Awareness Month" in the | ||||||
| 7 | State of Illinois to encourage the citizens of our State to | ||||||
| 8 | gain a greater understanding of the disease and to encourage | ||||||
| 9 | the funding of research programs to find a cure; and be it | ||||||
| 10 | further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the Foundation For Sarcoidosis Research in | ||||||
| 13 | Chicago.
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